Art and Art History Department

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Faculty/Staff

Douglas Brine, Ph.D., Department Chair, Professor
Laura Agoston, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Lisa Castro Endresen, M.A., Manager, Neidorff Art Gallery and Director, University Collection
Mark Garrison, Ph.D., Alice P. Brown Distinguished Professor
Jessica Halonen, M.F.A., Professor
Jon Lee, M.F.A., Associate Professor
Eléonore Lee, M.F.A., Visiting Assistant Professor
Eric O’Connell, M.A., Part-Time Faculty
Kate Ritson, M.F.A., Professor
Adam Schreiber, M.F.A., Associate Professor
Michael Schreyach, Ph.D., Professor
Marisol Villela Balderrama, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Randy Wallace, M.F.A., Lecturer and Studio Manager
Elizabeth Ward, M.F.A., Professor
Deanna Wilson, Visual Resources Curator
Denise Wilson, Academic Office Manager

Overview

The Department of Art and Art History is home to two distinct programs, one in art history, the other in studio art. It also houses the architectural studies minor. The art history program explores art and architecture in their historical contexts, while the studio art program teaches the technical and conceptual components of artistic creation.

Programs

• Art History, B.A.
• Art, B.A.

• Art and Art History, Minor
• Art History, Minor
• Studio Art, Minor

Courses

• ART - 1309 Advanced Placement in Studio Art
• ART - 1410 Design
• ART - 2314 Creative Thinking and the Artistic Process
• ART - 2430 Drawing I
• ART - 2440 Painting I
• ART - 2450 Photography I
• ART - 2451 Thinking Photography
• ART - 2452 Digital Photography I
• ART - 2460 Lithography and Monotype
• ART - 2462 Intaglio and Relief
• ART - 2464 Screen Printing
• ART - 2466 Papermaking
• ART - 2468 Bookbinding
• ART - 2470 Sculpture: Clay: Handbuilding
• ART - 2471 Sculpture: Clay: Slip Casting
• ART - 2474 Sculpture: Wood
• ART - 2495 Outdoor Studio
• ART - 3113 Guest Artist Workshop
• ART - 3160 Topics in Intermediate Printmaking
• ART - 3190 Special Work in Studio Art
• ART - 3191 Topics in Studio Art
• ART - 3197 Internship
• ART - 3260 Topics in Intermediate Printmaking
• ART - 3290 Special Work in Studio Art
• ART - 3291 Topics in Studio Art
• ART - 3297 Internship
• ART - 3314 Issues in Contemporary Art
• ART - 3360 Topics in Intermediate Printmaking
• ART - 3390 Special Work in Studio Art
• ART - 3391 Topics in Studio Art
• ART - 3397 Internship
• ART - 3398 Honors Readings
• ART - 3430 Drawing II
• ART - 3440 Painting II
• ART - 3450 Photography II
• ART - 3452 Photography III
• ART - 3460 Topics in Intermediate Printmaking
• ART - 3462 Digital and Photo Printmaking
• ART - 3471 Sculpture: Advanced Clay Projects
• ART - 3472 Topics in Sculpture
• ART - 3473 Sculpture: Contemporary Concepts and Materials
• ART - 3478 Alternative Studio Practices
• ART - 3480 Academic Making for the Built Environmen
• ART - 3490 Special Work in Studio Art
• ART - 3491 Topics in Studio Art
• ART - 4152 Advanced Digital Photography
• ART - 4160 Topics in Advanced Printmaking
• ART - 4191 Advanced Study in Studio Art
• ART - 4252 Advanced Digital Photography
• ART - 4260 Topics in Advanced Printmaking
• ART - 4291 Advanced Study in Studio Art
• ART - 4297 Senior Studio
• ART - 4352 Advanced Digital Photography
• ART - 4360 Topics in Advanced Printmaking
• ART - 4391 Advanced Study in Studio Art
• ART - 4394 Senior Seminar
• ART - 4396 Gallery Practicum
• ART - 4398 Honors Thesis
• ART - 4399 Honors Thesis
• ART - 4430 Drawing III
• ART - 4440 Painting III
• ART - 4450 Advanced Photography Projects
• ART - 4452 Advanced Digital Photography
• ART - 4460 Topics in Advanced Printmaking
• ART - 4491 Advanced Study in Studio Art

• ARTH - 1306 Advanced Placement in Art History
• ARTH - 1407 Art History I: Prehistoric to Medieval Art
• ARTH - 1408 Art History II: Renaissance to Modern Art
• ARTH - 1410 Introduction to Asian Art: China
• ARTH - 1412 Art and Architecture of Latin Americas Since the 16th Century
• ARTH - 1413 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
• ARTH - 1414 Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages
• ARTH - 1415 Art and Architecture of Mexico
• ARTH - 1416 Art and Architecture of South America and the Caribbean
• ARTH - 2428 The First Cities: The Urban Revolution in Early Mesopotamia
• ARTH - 2429 Art of Empire: Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia
• ARTH - 2457 History of Photography
• ARTH - 3190 Independent Study in Art History
• ARTH - 3197 Internship
• ARTH - 3290 Independent Study in Art History
• ARTH - 3297 Internship
• ARTH - 3320 The Minoan-Mycenaean Civilization
• ARTH - 3335 Ancient Art of the Americas
• ARTH - 3343 Italian Baroque Art
• ARTH - 3345 Spanish Colonial Art and Architecture in Mexico
• ARTH - 3360 Twentieth-Century Art: Cubism to Conceptualism (c.1900-1970)
• ARTH - 3363 Contemporary Art and Culture Since 1945
• ARTH - 3365 Contemporary Architecture
• ARTH - 3376 Contemporary Chinese Art
• ARTH - 3390 Independent Study in Art History
• ARTH - 3391 Topics in Art History
• ARTH - 3392 Women’s Studies in Art History
• ARTH - 3395 Colloquium in Museum Studies
• ARTH - 3397 Internship
• ARTH - 3425 Art and Power in Ancient Rome
• ARTH - 3430 Art, Gender, and Patronage at the Court of Burgundy
• ARTH - 3439 Art at the Courts of Europe, c. 1330-1416
• ARTH - 3440 Northern Renaissance Art in the Fifteenth Century
• ARTH - 3441 Early Renaissance Art in Italy
• ARTH - 3442 Age of Leonardo: Art and Architecture in Italy 1475 - 1568
• ARTH - 3444 Albrecht Durer and His World: Painting and Printmaking in the Age of Reform

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